6.7/1019 votes#1 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/9/2006
The team perform the classic monte scam at the beach, bag a £600 necklace from a jewellery shop, carry out a proposition bet in a pub using three pints and three shots as well as the keylogger scam, revealing the art of the pickpocket using mustard dip and the flat rental scam.
Director: N/A
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6.5/1015 votes#2 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/16/2006
Scams include overcharging for worthless packages, a proposition bet involving a shot of whisky and a shot of water, selling forged lottery tickets, stealing a laptop from an airport, the window tap and conning aspiring popstars into handing over £500 to produce a tacky demo tape.
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6.7/1015 votes#3 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/23/2006
The team reveal how fake customs officers are committing daylight robbery by stripping unwitting travellers of their supposedly contraband possessions. Other scams include a pool proposition bet, the jam auction, a fairground scam, the art of the pickpocket with "mind my bag" and the wifi scam.
Director: N/A
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6.3/1014 votes#4 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/2/2006
The team continue their swindling spree by tricking a barman into paying a reward for a supposedly valuable ring using "the honeytrap" in the ring reward rip-off. Then they con punters at a car-boot sale into buying worthless scraps of paper, perform a proposition bet in a cafe, show the postman scam in the art of the pickpocket and deceive three professional poker players.
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6.7/1014 votes#5 - Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/9/2006
A team of professional con artists demonstrate more scams, including how to sell a hire car over and over again. They also show the process involved in duplicating bank cards, the ease with which counterfeit notes can be used and how `blue-jacking' phones brings dividends.
Director: N/A
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6.2/1012 votes#6 - Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/16/2006
They claim compensation for damaged goods after orchestrating an accident, use other people's phones to call premium-rate lines, and make unsuspecting drivers pay for false parking tickets.
Director: N/A
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6.6/1012 votes#7 - Episode 7
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/23/2006
They obtain credit cards in a victim's name just from items found in rubbish bins, and confuse shopkeepers into giving them too much change.
Director: N/A
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6.9/1012 votes#8 - Episode 8
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/30/2006
Show eight is the last in the first series and features the Psychic Scam, which shows how a hustler can cheat you with fake psychic powers, a demonstration of rigged dice game, a sneaky bar bet, a pool hustle and a romp through the rules of the real hustle - what we have learned throughout the series.
Director: N/A
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The Best Episodes of The Real Hustle Season 1
Every episode of The Real Hustle Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Real Hustle Season 1!
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica-Jane Clement, try out some notorious scams on ‘marks’, filmed with hidden cameras. The aim...
Genres:RealityCrime
Network:BBC Three
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "The Real Hustle" season 1. It scored 6.7/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/9/2006. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".